Leixões
The Port of Leixões is one of Portugal's largest seaports and the primary maritime gateway for the Northern Region. Located in Matosinhos, just north of Porto and approximately 5 kilometres from the Douro River mouth, the port handles diverse cargoes including containers, bulk cargoes, breakbulk and ro-ro, as well as serving cruise ships and fishing vessels.
- Neighborhood
- Description: harbour in Portugal
- Also known as“Leixões Port”“Porto de Leixões”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mercado Municipal de Matosinhos and Fort of Leça da Palmeira.
Mercado Municipal de Matosinhos
Marketplace
Mercado Municipal de Matosinhos is a marketplace.
Fort of Leça da Palmeira
Fort
The Fort of Leça da Palmeira, also known as Castle…
Mercado metro station
Railway stop
Mercado metro station is a railway stop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Casas de Mar and Leça da Palmeira.
Leça da Palmeira
Suburb
Leça da Palmeira is a civil parish in the Portuguese city of Matosinhos north of the Leça river.
Leixões
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Latitude
41.18645° or 41° 11′ 11″ north
Longitude
-8.69616° or 8° 41′ 46″ west
Open location code
8CHH58P3+HG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Leixões” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Леишоиш”
- Catalan: “Port de Leixões”
- Chinese: “莱索斯港”
- Chinese: “雷克索斯”
- Dutch: “Leixões”
- French: “port de Leixões”
- French: “Port de Leixões”
- German: “Porto de Leixões”
- German: “Puerto de Leixões”
- Luxembourgish: “Leixões”
- Polish: “Leixões”
- Portuguese: “Administração dos Portos do Douro e Leixões”
- Portuguese: “Porto de Leixões”
- Slovak: “Leixões”
- Slovak: “Porto de Leixões”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Leixões”
- Turkish: “Leixões Limanı”
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Localities in the Area
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